[Quietcars] Prius Rumor

[michael townsend]

Deb, Mike T here.  Took me some time, but this goes back a while in the
Toyota Motor News archives:


http://toyota-motors.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html
Noise-cancelling Toyota Crown zeroes out sounds at head height
Monday, September 8, 2008 at
5:55 PM
 Posted by Becky
english/NEWS_EN/20080619/153489/
As astutely pointed out by our friends at The Red Ferret Journal, it's a bit
odd
to see hybrid car makers cutting down on noise while electric car makers are
looking to add it back in
, but Toyota's silence isn't of the kill-a-biker sort. Toyota has worked
internal
noise-canceling into its new Crown hybrid, with microphones to pick up
engine and
road noise, and then speakers to blast out antiphase versions of those
noises at
head height. Toyota claims it can cut noise by around 5 to 8dB.
[ Via:
TRFJ
 ]
[ Tag: crown,hybrid,noise cancelling,NoiseCancelling,toyota ]
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Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [Quietcars] Prius Rumor



Hi, Dave,

Thanks for passing along the murmurings.  I've seen a Google News item to
the same effect.  Apparently the Japanese have done a study which will be
announced around the first of the year, and which indicates that something
needs to be done.

Debbie


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <quietcars at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:01 AM
Subject: [Quietcars] Prius Rumor


> Hi:
>
> Somebody at work yesterday, Wednesday, told me that he saw an article in 
> the Wall Street Journal that said new Prius's would be equipped with 
> sounds so people could hear them.  Don't know any more, or if this is 
> true.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> David Andrews and white cane Harry.
>
>
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